DISTREE Africa 2014 host the África Channel Academy:2014 Awards’ as part of a packed event agenda. Distributors, resellers and retailers operating in African ICT and consumer electronics (CE) channels will vote live to select their preferred technology brands across nine product categories.
The vendors shortlisted for the award include:
PCs: Acer, Dell, HP, Lenovo, Toshiba
TABLETS: Acer, Asus, Lenovo, Quantum, Samsung
PC ACCESSORIES: Genius, Logitech, Microsoft, Promate, Targus
TABLET & PHONE ACCESSORIES: Belkin, Energy Sistem, Logitech, Promate, Targus
STORAGE: Imation, Sandisk, Seagate, Toshiba, WD
SMARTPHONES & MOBILES: HTC, Huawei, LG, Nokia, Samsung, Tecno Mobile
NETWORKING: Belkin-Linksys, Cisco, D-Link, Netgear, TP-Link
SOFTWARE: Bitdefender, Eset, Kaspersky, Microsoft, Symantec (Norton)
PRINTING: Brother, Canon, Epson, HP, Lexmark
The voting will take place on the very day.CEO at DISTREE Event, Farouk Hemraj siad: “During the ‘Africa Channel Academy: 2014 Awards’ Gala Dinner, hundreds of African channel partners will use a live electronic voting system to select the overall winners.”
In addition to vendor awards by product category, this year’s ceremony also includes six categories where the nominations are determined by a VIP Channel Jury of regional experts prior to the live vote. The VIP Jury will meet during DISTREE Africa to compile the list of nominated companies for each of the following categories:
B2B CHANNEL PERFORMANCE: Vendor of the Year
B2C CHANNEL PERFORMANCE: Vendor of the Year
NEW ENTRANT: Vendor of the Year
VOLUME: Distributor of the Year
SPECIALIST: Distributor of the Year
DISTREE AFRICA 2014: Best in Show
An invitation-only event, DISTREE Africa offers pre-qualified African ICT and CE channel partners a compelling combination of one-on-one meetings, conference programme, exhibition, awards, technology showcases and workshop sessions to deliver a comprehensive business development platform.
